SHOW ME YOUR TATS

Originally Posted by blue

Do you have any other tattoos, Ence? I would think you would... (Are you the one who told me you had one on your pelvis, or was that Deni?)

Also, I think the answer of where to put it is obvious: YOUR BUTT.

I'm the one with the pelvis tattoos... and because I don't feel like dangling my schlong out for TraumatizedRat to drool all over, you only get the first piece of me sleeve design, a script piece on my right forearm.



Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ya, where the tattoo hits is all important. My tat was done in about 15 minutes because the dude could do almost full outlines in one long line, because I have a high pain tolerance... but the shading on the "h" closest to my inner elbow hurt like all fucking hell. A lot of nerves exposed there.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by OctoberOmicron

I would NEVER get a tattoo on my inner elbow. The samurai I have just below is close e-fuckng-nough. When I was little I'd freak out when I'd have to get blood drawn there.

I'm getting full sleeves done, so that includes the inner elbow. Really fucking looking forward to it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by OctoberOmicron

My original plan was for full sleeves. Really just my right arm though, I wanted to cover it completely (with some skillful avoidance of the above-mentioned area) and, when done, have my right arm almost look like an attachment to my body since the rest of me would be plain... In this country though people just freak out seeing the few tattoos I do have exposed when they see me on the street. These people are behind like hell and the only people that do seem to have them are gangbangers, vicious ones like MS13, nine times out of ten.

If I end up staying here I'll probably get a nice piece on my back. I also want one that'll start at my shoulder cap and stretch down to partially cover my chest. Need to find some decent art though.

And to think, not long ago, even when I joined this board, I was firmly against the damned things.

Well, a huge part of what I'm doing with the anthropology is concerned with tatooing/piercing/body mods... I'm getting partial sleeves... wrist to three inches above the elbow... and then shoulders/upper-back-chest. Then calf sleeves. Not to mention the piercings.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by OctoberOmicron

I think piercings are about ten years away from me even trying that route, if ever. I don't know about leg tattoos, either. That shit has to be done right or else you look stupid wearing shorts. Guy at UPS, where you have to wear those short brown shorts, looked like a jackass with his leg flame tattoos. Full color.

Every tattoo I have is black or sepia toned. I have hints of colour... i.e. on the pictures of Lucifer and Michael I'm having put on my forearms, their eyes are coloured (brown and blue, respectively) but the rest is all shading and sepia tones. I don't play with colour. Almost all shadow for me. And I've got a bunch of piercings. I absolutely love them. I actually worked as a body mod artist in Europe.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by tanisari

I have a pelvic tattoo, too. It's only text and it says "Carius mihi et dignius videretur tua dici meretrix quam illius imperatrix." ("It would be dearer and more honorable to me to be called your whore than to be the empress of the whole world", something that Peter Abelard's mistress wrote to him in the 12th century.) I got it in the throes of despairing about some things as a stupid "reclaiming my body" gesture, which is all very dumb and new-age. But even with those connotations discarded, I really like it; it skirts the line between classy and trashy. No pictures of it though. ;__;

It's pretty big, but getting it wasn't THAT bad. I've voluntarily subjected myself to things that hurt worse. The only REALLY unpleasant parts were right on my hip bones. It felt like the tattoo needle buzzing was reverberating through my whole body, and it made me cry ;__; and it was off-putting enough to make me reconsider my plan to get more text on my collarbones.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. That's the best fucking tattoo ever.

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Um... Blue, are you aware that you basically have the dove of peace, popular symbol of the born again christian movement, tattooed on your shoulder?

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Originally Posted by pb & spanglish

I'm aware. Not sure why it has to be a dove, exactly... People have said that, though. One day I might get it filled in blue. It being a dove doesn't bother me, though. It's also a symbol of love, I think.

Peace, love, purity... all that good stuff. Just don't get an olive branch in its beak or you'll be a billboard for the church.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by *AkirA*

Just a reminder to Deni. You gotta post pics of the sleeves when their done, or atleast pretty far along. I love looking at the art.

I'm getting the outlines done while I'm in Texas over christmas, so you'll see a lot of the basic ideas when I get back.

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Originally Posted by The Harlot

DO IT. They're so addictive. I've already planned out my next one.

Quote:

13: She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
14: "I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
15: so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16: I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
17: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18: Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
19: For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
20: he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home."
21: With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
22: All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
23: till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24: And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25: Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths;
26: for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
27: Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Always beware the woman who tries to convince you to go under a needle upon first meeting. It leads to many places, none of them good. Well, none of them safe, at any rate.

That being said, if you get one, you'll wind up with several. The endrophins aside, the first time you take off a piece of clothing and catch a glimpse of your body art in the mirror, you'll want more. That never goes away.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Really? I had no issues with the first one. I actually really enjoyed it. The artist was doing long lines, basically sped through some black filled script on my upper back. He did the whole thing in about twenty minutes. The ache was fantastic. It's almost hypnotic.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by The Harlot

Heh, I have issues with my back so it was a pretty weird experience getting my spine and both shoulder blades done. Granted, it's not a huge ink, but the only parts that didn't hurt were the two little patches of skin between the bone. And with black, as you probably know, you just have to go over it and over it and over it . . .

So of course I'm completely in love with solid black tattoos, and will only get those. I shrug.

I hear that. My art is all solid black, with a touch of sepia tossed in here and there. When it's done, there will be a few hilights of colour.. a blue eye here... red lips there... all surrounded by black. I just think it looks better. Also, it's closer to the tribal tattoos of the Maori and the south African tribes, which is what I'm going for.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Piercings are so fucked up, in that they change how they look with every person. Some people can pull a labret piercing no problem, and others just look trashy with it. You never know until you see it on the body, really.

Originally Posted by Wolf Demon

If I were to go through with it, what part of the back would be a good place to put it that doesn't hurt as much? I was thinking about between my shoulder blades, but apparently it hurts worse there because of the spine.

Or you could not be a giant pussy about the whole thing. If you're that worried about the pain factor, don't bother with the ink.

I was speaking idiomatically.